Cattle on feed numbers halted their six month decline in the September quarter. Despite very expensive young cattle prices, and COVID related demand issues, the
This week was one of small strengths, and yes, another record for the EYCI, with the restocker market recovering after several weeks of losses, and
South America represents one of Australia’s largest competitors on the world stage for beef exports, producing predominantly lean, grass-fed beef, which competes directly with us
Mecardo’s Percentiles update for November 2020. Click below to view the latest report Grains Oilseeds Sheep and lambs Cattle Wool Dairy Fuel Percentiles are an important
Australian beef export volumes and values continue to track lower year-on-year, and well below five-year-average levels. For the year-to-October, 874,421 tonnes shipped weight of beef
Slaughter fell again last week, but yardings picked up the pace in contrast, while the EYCI’s rise finally came to an end, pulling back a
The latest update to the Mecardo processor margin model delivers no good news this month, with our estimates being that beef processors are, on average,
Finished cattle markets have not been as crazy as store markets, as processors don’t get caught up in ‘Grass Fever’. However, last week we did
Despite a slight pullback on slaughter, softer yardings provided support, and the EYCI crawled up a bit higher, to, you guessed it, another record, notching
Things have been largely going along as expected in terms of cattle supplies, and it means Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA) have made few changes
Competition for cows continues to heat up as seasonal conditions across much of the east favour livestock producers. The Eastern States Medium Cow Indicator closed
The EYCI just keeps on hitting new records, and fortunately, the AUD is falling to provide support to our export markets, though the 90CL frozen
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